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synonyms for lotus eater

  • bum
  • deadbeat
  • good-for-nothing
  • goof off
  • idler
  • laggard
  • layabout
  • lazybones
  • loafer
  • lounger
  • malingerer
  • moocher
  • shirker
  • slacker
  • sloth
  • sponger
  • clock watcher
  • couch potato
  • lazy person
On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lotus eater, such as: bum, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, goof off, idler, and laggard.

antonyms for lotus eater

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  • hard worker
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How to use lotus eater in a sentence

He was still lost in the dreams of the lotus-eater when he heard something that resembled the rattling of his own noisy car.
PENNY OF TOP HILL TRAILBELLE KANARIS MANIATES
Thus we mark the inner transition: the active principle of that which was a passive Lotus-eater is the Cyclops, a Polyphemus.
HOMER'S ODYSSEYDENTON J. SNIDER
The Lotus-eater gave up family and country; "chewing the lotus, he forgot the return."
HOMER'S ODYSSEYDENTON J. SNIDER
"It is exhausting, but with my usual energy I do it all the same," said Ernest, who is as a fact the world's champion lotus-eater.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 159, JULY 21, 1920VARIOUS
She was dreaming already with her eyes open, and she sank into number six in a lotus-eater's reverie.
EXCUSE ME!RUPERT HUGHES
We may be happy for a brief while, with the brief happiness of a lotus-eater; but it cannot last—it cannot last!
A CHANGED HEARTMAY AGNES FLEMING
About it were chairs and divans that would have satisfied a lotus-eater.
WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHINGRUPERT HUGHES
The fog lifted and I've been living the life of a lotus-eater—but now I've got to go back into the fog.
THE TYRANNY OF WEAKNESSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCK
In this case I waited till I felt like a lotus-eater who could have stayed on forever.
A-BIRDING ON A BRONCOFLORENCE A. MERRIAM
It was aristocratic, enchantingly indolent, like the face of a happy lotus-eater.
THE GARDEN OF ALLAHROBERT HICHENS
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO LOTUS EATER

  • bum
  • clock watcher
  • couch potato
  • deadbeat
  • good-for-nothing
  • goof off
  • idler
  • laggard
  • layabout
  • lazy person
  • lazybones
  • loafer
  • lotus eater
  • lounger
  • malingerer
  • moocher
  • shirker
  • slacker
  • sloth
  • sponger
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.